WSC e-bulletin - June 2007

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Please take time from your summer research or teaching to check out the opportunities listed in this issue of the WSC E-Bulletin.

Women's Studies Consortium Leadership Updates

For the 2006-2007 academic year the WSC Advisory Council has been ably chaired by Kathy Miller-Dillon, Associate WS Chair, UW-Milwaukee. We thank her for her great leadership. With the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic year, Dianna Hunter, WS Director, UW-Superior will become our new Advisory Council Chair, and her newly-elected Chair-elect is Lauren Smith, Director of the UW-Whitewater Women’s Studies Program. We offer our thanks for the ongoing leadership in women's studies they bring to the UW System.

Past Chair of the WSC Advisory Council and long term Director of the UW-Oshkosh Women’s Studies Program, Helen Bannan has retired.  We are delighted that she will remain a part of the Wisconsin Women’s Studies community as she turns her focus to full time research and writing, but we will miss her at the WSC Advisory Council meetings.  If you are attending the National Women’s Studies Association Conference next week you can congratulate her yourself.  We are pleased to report that Liz Cannon will serve as Interim Director while a national search is conducted.

Angie Bauer-Danton, Director of the UW-Green Bay Women’s Studies Program, will be chairing the WSC Conference Committee that is coordinating the 32nd Annual Women's Studies Conference.  It will take place at UW-Green Bay, April 4th and 5th. The theme for the conference is Women and Environment:  Literary, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives. The Call for Proposals will be due by October 22, 2007.  An announcement will be sent out when the CFP is posted on the Women’s Studies Consortium web site.

I expect to see a number of UW System faculty, students, and academic staff presenting professional work at the National Women's Studies Conference in St. Charles, IL June 28-July1. The program for the NWSA 2007 conference and registration materials can be reviewed at the NWSA Website: http://www.nwsa.org

Helen Klebesadel, Director
University of Wisconsin System
Women's Studies Consortium

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WSC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Request for Proposals
Women’s Studies Online and/or Hybrid Courses
All proposals are due September 15, 2007

The University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Consortium is seeking proposals to develop totally online or hybrid Women’s Studies courses.  The courses developed under this initiative will be used to demonstrate proof of the concept of online and/or hybrid courses as useful tools in expanding access to Women’s Studies education to learners at a distance, as well as providing a Women’s Studies educational experience for campus-based students.

The initiative will support the development of new courses or reformatting of existing courses for internet and/or hybrid delivery.  Courses developed under this initiative should be applicable towards a Woman’s Studies certificate, course concentration, minor, or undergraduate degree.

Any UW institution may apply for funding for course development under this initiative. While the faculty/academic staff person applying for course development funds may be from any academic department, at least one of the persons involved in the effort must be affiliated with a Women’s Studies program.  Collaborative (multi-departmental or multi-institutional) proposals are encouraged but not required.

Funding will be available for the spring and summer of 2008.  Funds will be awarded in December 2007.  Course development work is to be completed by the beginning of the fall semester 2008-09 with work occurring during the spring or summer months of 2008.  The new or revised course must be taught in the 2008-2009 school year or in summer 2009. Funding is limited to a maximum of $2,500 per course.  Funds may be used to cover a summer stipend (be sure to include fringe benefits), travel to meet with instructional designers at Learning Innovations, or for departmental supplies and expenses. 

Each proposal should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Women’s Study program explaining how the proposed course meets program needs, and indicating when the course will be taught.  The entire request for proposals is available through the Director/Chair of your campus Women’s Studies Program or through the WSC Office wscoffice@uwsa.edu.

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SAVE THE DATES

Opportunities for Wisconsin Women in Science, Math, Technology & Engineering
UW System Women & Science Program
August 6-8, 2007, UW-Oshkosh

Women’s Studies Online and/or Hybrid Courses
Due September 15, 2007

Women's Studies Consortium Advisory Council Retreat
October 12-13, 2007, place TBA

Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) Conference
Fox Valley Technical College, http://www.wwhel.org/
October 18-19, 2007

Call for Proposals for 32nd Annual Wisconsin Women's Studies Conference
Women and Environment:  Literary, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives
Deadline:  October 22, 2007

Women & Science Opening Workshop
November 2-3, 2007, UW-Madison

The 32nd Annual Wisconsin Women's Studies Conference, and 
3rd Annual UW System LGBTQ Spring Conference
April 4-5, 2008
UW-Green Bay

13th Annual Outstanding Women of Color in Education Awards and Luncheon
April 5, 2008
UW Green Bay

Women & Science Spring Conference
May 15-16, 2008, Place TBA

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ADDITIONAL UW SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENTS

11th Annual American Indian Studies Summer Institute
June 25-29, 2007
Oneida Nation Elementary School in Oneida, Wisconsin.
Sponsored by the DPI’s American Indian Studies Program, the
Oneida Nation Elementary School and UW-Green Bay.
This highly-participatory, week-long workshop is designed to increase understanding of issues related to the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally-recognized tribes and bands in Wisconsin. For more information, go to:
http://www.dpi.wi.gov/amind/doc/ai-summer.pdf

Call for Proposals:
IRE’s “Graduate Scholars-in-Residence” Program
Proposals must be sent to the IRE and postmarked no later than Monday, June 25, 2007.  In order to foster intellectual community among scholars and doctoral students interested in research on racial/ethnic topics, the IRE has established its “Graduate Scholars-in-Residence” Program. It provides awardees with office space, a workstation, use of a computer and office support at the IRE’s offices on the UW-Milwaukee campus, as well as $1000 in supplies-and expense funds. Applicants must be doctoral students in good academic standing at a UW System campus who is engaged in dissertation research that focuses upon race and ethnicity.
Publicity on this program for the upcoming 2007-08 fiscal year was sent in mid-March to department chairpersons at the UW System’s two doctoral campuses, UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee. To learn more, go to:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/grant_programs/graduate_scholars.html

UW-Superior is hosting the annual Leadership Conference this summer for all academic staff across the UW-System.  The dates are Thursday and Friday, June 28 & 29, 2007.  The conference is meant for professional and personal development of Academic Staff, both instructional and non-instructional, as well as an opportunity to network with other professionals in the System.  Please take a look at the agenda and the list of sessions to be offered; if you are interested in attending, please register online.  The conference website is http://www.uwsuper.edu/wb/acss/conference07/.  

4th Annual Conference on Sexual Violence and the College Campus
September 17-18, 2007
Marriott Madison West and UW-Madison
For more information, contact the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA) at 608-257-1516 or visit our Website: http://www.wcasa.org

How UWEX does SoTL
An archive of a recent WisLine Web conference, How UWEX does SoTL, plus supporting documents (PowerPoint presentation, project summaries, etc.) and information about applying for a $1500 Lesson Study stipend are now available on the UW-Extension Teaching with Technology website: http://www.uwex.edu/twt/

New Website for the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity
After a year of development the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity has unveiled its new website.  Go here: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE
There you will find complete and current information about the IRE and its many programs and grant opportunities as well as links to staff, history, Grant Programs, Conferences and Events, Publications, a Syllabi Bank, and more. The site is equipped with a complete Search engine, and readers are able to learn more about past grant recipients in order to provide ideas for future grant submissions.

“African Americans in Wisconsin: A Statistical Overview” (Second Edition)
This book, edited by Professor E. Howard Grigsby of the Department of Sociology at UW-Whitewater, with Professors Karl Taeuber and Doris Slesinger of UW-Madison, is a comprehensive statistical portrait, including 69 charts and 50 tables, of Wisconsin’s African American population based upon federal, state, and local sources, including the 2000 Census. To order a copy, call Pearson Education Publishers at 1-800-922-0579 or visit their website: http://www.pearsoncustom.com

Teaching Forum: A Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, of the UW System http://www.uwlax.edu/teachingforum.

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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE WOMEN'S STUDIES LIBRARIAN

UW System Women's Studies Librarian's website and Internet Resource: http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/

FEMINIST COLLECTIONS: A QUARTERLY OF WOMEN'S STUDIES RESOURCES (Volume 28, Number 1, Fall 2006). Many items are mounted on the WS Librarian website at http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fc/FCtc281.htm. See http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fcmain.htm for sample articles from back issues.

FEMINIST COLLECTIONS is available in full text in GENDERWATCH and somewhat selectively in CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S ISSUES databases. For subscription information for FEMINIST COLLECTIONS and other publications, see http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/wsperpub.htm

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WOMEN & SCIENCE PROGRAM

Opportunities for Wisconsin Women in Science, Math, Technology & Engineering
Partnering High School Teachers and Counselors Needed!!
Kick-Off Conference, August 6-8, 2007, UW-Oshkosh
This program will discuss pedagogies and programs that can help you to retain and attract more young women to science, math and pre-engineering courses.

Partners will develop and accomplish:
    * A dissemination plan to reach other professionals in your district
    * Pedagogy action plan to implement with your students
    * A student survey plan to determine impact of program

Partnering High School Teachers and Counselors will receive (free):
    * Three graduate credits (Fall 2007)
    * Dissemination and survey materials for your colleagues and students
    * Lodging and food during kick-off conference
    * Access to grant funds for use in your district ($100 - $500)

Women continue to be underrepresented in science, technology and engineering majors and careers in the US. Help more young women realize their potential as a future scientist or engineer.

For more information about this program, contact the UW System Women & Science Program:
was@uwosh.edu; 920-424-7404 or http://www.uwosh.edu/wis/OWWSTEProject.htm

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CALLS FOR MANUSCRIPTS, ARTICLES

Call for submissions:
TRIVIA: VOICES OF FEMINISM  for issue #6, an open issue.
Deadline July 6, 2007.
TRIVIA, a free twice-yearly online literary journal, publishes literary essays, experimental prose, poetry, translations, and reviews. We encourage women writers to take risks with language and form so as to give their ideas the most original and vital expression possible. TRIVIA's larger purpose is to foster a body of rigorous, creative and independent feminist thought. See our submission guidelines for details : http://www.triviavoices.net/guidelines.html

The current issue of TRIVIA, The Resurrection Issue, dedicated to Tillie Olsen, centers on the life and work of feminist writers and warriors who are no longer with us. TRIVIA 5 features writing about Audre Lorde, Andrea Dworkin, Monique Wittig, Gloria Anzaldua, Gertrude Stein, Kathy Acker, Octavia Butler, Barbara Macdonald, Tillie Olsen, and many more. Contributors include Carolyn Gage, Dolores Klaich, Barbara Mor, Marge Piercy, and Renate Stendhal. Read it at www.triviavoices.net

TRIVIA: Voices of Feminism is an online relaunch of TRIVIA: A Journal of Ideas, an award-winning international feminist literary magazine published from 1982 to 1995. The online journal is a team effort by veteran feminist editors Lise Weil, founding editor of Trivia: A Journal of Ideas, and Harriet Ellenberger, founding editor of Sinister Wisdom, the world's longest running lesbian journal, in collaboration with feminist geek web developer Susan Kullmann.

Call for Manuscripts
Feminist Teacher issue on Grief and Pedagogy
Deadline July 15, 2007
The journal Feminist Teacher invites manuscripts for a special issue on Grief and Pedagogy.  What is the challenge, exactly, that the presence of grief in our lives presents to the continuing enactment of pedagogy?  What are the natures of the different sorts of grief that challenge the enactments?  What responses have our associated institutions formulated?  What obligations are they aware of?  Please send articles by July 15 to Gail Cohee, Feminist Teacher, Sarah Doyle Women's Center, Box 1829, Brown University, Providence RI, 02912.  Queries may be directed to Gail_Cohee@brown.edu

This is a Call for Papers for a new collection on memory, gender and sexuality:
American Visual Memoirs after the 1970s. Studies on Gender, Sexuality and Visibility in the Post-Civil Rights Age, Mihaela Precup, Ed.
Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words and a brief author bio by July 30, 2007. The deadline for submitting completed articles is November 30, 2007.
Description and Deadlines:
This collection will examine the reshaping of sexual identity and gender paradigms through the use of autobiographical devices in the construction of American visual memoirs after the 1970s, when private experience was increasingly used in works by visual artists for political ends. The term "visual memoirs" is used here to broadly refer to those visual texts which incorporate strategies of self-documentation (i.e. family photographs, snapshots, self-portraits, diary excerpts, home movies) to compose visual narratives which insert the (often staged) personal into larger political struggles. The editors also welcome articles on autobiographical fictions (i.e. memoirs, diaries, coming-of-age and coming-out narratives etc.), but only in relation to adjacent visual productions. Some (but not all) of the questions the articles in this volume should attempt to address are: How have the paradigms of sexuality and gender shifted as a result of the Civil Rights movement, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath? How have these profound changes shaped the relationship of groups and individuals to private and collective trauma? Does the use of autobiographic elements at this point in history signify the successful unveiling of the private within the public sphere for social and political goals or does it metonymically instantiate private experience as representative of collective events, thus simply canonizing new heroes in place of the old? Is it possible that the apparent growing visibility of certain marginal groups signifies, in fact, growing obscurity? Is the allegedly new borderless world of penetrable walls and extended visibility less liberated than ever? How is the increasingly frenzied documentation of private and collective suffering changing the world?
            Submissions should be 20-30 pages in length and conform to the requirements of the Chicago Manual of Style. Images for possible use in an article should be 300 dpi and authors are responsible for requesting and receiving permission to reprint images for scholarly use.
            Send queries, proposals, and articles to Mihaela Precup, editor of Zeta Series in Literature and Visual Culture, at mihaela@zetabooks.com and/or mihaelaprecup@gmail.com
The volume will be reviewed by an international board of academics and scholars whose work informs the fields of visual culture, life-writing, women's, gender and sexuality studies.

Call For Papers:
Examining The Lives Of GLBTQ Of Color
The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services: Issues in Practice, Policy & Research
Deadline for submission is July 31, 2007 with a planned publication in 2008.
In recent decades, queer scholarship and scholarship on race have begun to examine what it means to be raced and/or sexed in the U.S. Yet despite this movement, both Queer Studies and Ethnic Studies have often overlooked the existence of gay men and women of color.
            This special issue is an attempt to add to the scholarship about lesbians and gay men of color; where lesbians and gay men of color find a "home" and what kind of home they find, what needs are specific to those who are both "raced" and "sexualized" and what are the factors that need to be addressed when working with people marginalized both along racial and sexual lines.  Accordingly, the guest editor of the journal invites manuscripts that address issues relevant to GLBTQ persons of color. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Domestic violence against/amongst lesbians and gays of color.
2. HIV/AIDS prevention with gays and lesbians of color.
3. Disability, sexuality, and race.
4. Class issues for lesbians and gays of color.
5. Racism in the gay community.
6. Homophobia in racial/ethnic communities.
7. Negotiating lesbian and gay identities with racial identities.
Manuscripts should be one or more of the following types: empirical (quantitative and qualitative); conceptual, addressing theoretical model development or research methodology needs, strategies, or innovations; reviews of empirically-based knowledge, or theoretical pieces. Exceptional personal essays will also be considered. Papers that explore the experiences of two or more racial groups are especially welcome.
            The references and format of the manuscript should follow the style of the American Psychological Association and include an abstract of less than 100 words. Authors should submit three hard copies as well as an electronic copy (either on disc or through e-mail as a word document). Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and returned with comments.
Submissions should be sent to:  Chong-suk Han, Guest Editor, Department of Sociology, Temple University, 713 Gladfelter Hall, 1115 West Berks Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122.  Further information about the journal may be obtained at www.haworthpress.com or contacting the editor Michael Sullivan, Ph.D. at msulliv3@utk.edu or (901) 448-4475

Call for manuscripts for a Resources for Feminist Research Special Issue
Healthy Environments for Women Teachers and Faculty
Deadline for Submission: December 31, 2007
How healthy are Canadian schools and universities? What are the characteristics of a healthy or unhealthy educational setting? How healthy are the women who work in these settings? What initiatives would support a healthy physical and social environment for women teachers and faculty? Historically, empirical studies of occupational health focused on the incidence of illness, injury, absenteeism, and disability. By contrast, a population health approach examines the social, environmental and biophysical factors that support health. Gender, culture, income and social status, social support networks, working conditions, physical environment and other interrelated factors influence the health of individuals and populations. From this perspective, teacher health is not simply a clinical descriptor or the absence of disease. Rather, the health of individual teachers and teachers as a group is an essential social resource. Safeguarding and promoting teacher and faculty health and wellbeing can be achieved by creating and sustaining healthy educational environments.

This special issue will examine the health of women teachers and faculty and the educational environments where they work. Invited are articles that explore the complex and varied experiences of women teachers and faculty, the factors that nurture and support their safety, and physical and mental health and well-being, and the processes, interventions, and institutional structures that create and strengthen healthy environments for women teachers and faculty. Diana L. Gustafson and Roberta F. Hammett are the guest editors of this special issue of the Resources for Feminist Research.

Manuscripts may be submitted by e-mail to RFR. <mailto:diana.gustafson@med.mun.ca>  Manuscripts should conform to RFR's editorial policy as described at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/rfr/  Contributions must be original research or scholarly articles approximately 6,500-7,500 words, in English or French with a short abstract (75 words) which will be translated into the other official language. Submissions should be double-spaced. All manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by at least three qualified readers.
Please address questions about this special issue to:  Diana L. Gustafson, Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Health, Division of Community Health and Humanities,  Faculty of Medicine, HSC 2834, Memorial University, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6
diana.gustafson@med.mun.ca

NWSA Journal · Deadline for submission: Rolling
NWSA Journal, the scholarly Publication of the National Women's Studies Association invites submissions in all areas relating to Women's Studies. We are committed to providing a forum in which the research of feminist scholars, established and new, results in critical dialogue. Reports, book reviews, archives, and critical essays that engage in a feminist perspective will also be considered. We seek gender-related topics, such as: Immigration; Feminist theory: including but not limited to global feminism; Women and science; Women and fundamentalism; Women and religion; Ecology, ecofeminism, health and the environment; Feminist generations: the future of feminism, young feminists, children; Post-colonial gender studies; New forms of activism-political strategies; Women and the arts, especially music; Women writers: autobiographies and reflexive writings; Race, class, and gender intersections; Women and the media; Women and disabilities; Women's history--all areas including archives; International reports.  Send three double-spaced copies of your manuscript (20-30 pages), with parenthetical notes and a complete references page formatted according to The Chicago Manual of Style. Send to: Brenda Daly, Editor NWSA Journal; 253 Ross Hall; Iowa State University; Ames, IA 50011 bdaly@iastate.edu

Call for Submissions. Deadline for submission: Rolling
Thirdspace: Online magazine · http://www.thirdspace.ca
Thirdspace online zine is looking for articles, non-fiction essays, review articles, and research notes. We require one electronic copy and one paper copy of your submission. Submissions should be in MLA format, and must include an abstract and a brief biographical note which will be posted in the members' section of the site. Please see http://www.thirdspace.ca/submit.htm for more details.  Please send an electronic version of your submission in Word, WordPerfect, or Rich Text (rtf) format to: submissions@thirdspace.ca  Send one paper copy of your submission to: thirdspace c/o K. Snowden #6 - 2526 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Canada  V6K 1P6
For more information, please contact us at info@thirdspace.ca. Website: www.thirdspace.ca

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CALLS FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PROPOSALS

Call for Papers  
Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference 2007
Friday and Saturday, October 19-20, 2007, Royce Hall, UCLA
Deadline for proposals, June 29, 2007
Plenary speakers and panelists for this year's conference:  Jill Dolan, Kale Fajardo, Judith Halberstam, Kara Keeling, Chandan Reddy, Nayan Shah, Dean Spade, Thomas DeFrantz and the Slippage Ensemble will present "Queer Theory: An Academic Travesty"
The Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference welcomes presentations of research and other work in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies, on queer topics, sexuality and gender. Since one of the principal goals of the conference is to encourage the exchange of ideas across academic generations, we invite participation of both graduate students and faculty scholars.  Please send your proposal (not more than 850 words) for a 20-minute presentation and a cv (not more than 2 pages) to one of the addresses below.  If you would like to organize a panel of three speakers, please feel free to do so. Submissions by US Postal Service:  UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Program, 3300 Rolfe Hall, Box 951531., Los Angeles, CA  90095-1531, Email submissions: lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu

16th Women & Society Conference
October 26 & 27, 2007
Proposals due, July 11, 2007
Marist College, Poughkeepsie New York           
Proposals and abstracts are being solicited for the 2007 Women & Society Conference. This feminist conference is interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary, covering all aspects of women & gender being studied in the academy. The conference mentors and models feminist inquiry/scholarship for undergraduate students so joint faculty/student papers and excellent student papers are also considered, undergraduates may attend at no cost.
            Please send your 250 word abstract with a brief bio. Papers, workshops, roundtables and panels are welcome; please include abstracts and bios for all participants, with one contact person. Please include all contact information--including home and e-mail addresses for summer correspondence to:  Women & Society Conference c/o JoAnne Myers, Fontaine 315 School of Liberal Arts, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. 
For more information e-mail: JA.MYERS@MARIST.EDU  or check http://www.marist.edu/liberalarts/womensstudies/confernce.html

Call for Proposals
Southern Roots and Routes: Origins, Migrations, Transformations
Conference April 18-20, 2008,
Deadline December 15, 2007, for two-page session proposals and/or one-page individual paper abstracts as MS Word attachments
The New Southern Studies is currently revolutionizing the study of the American South by unsettling its histories, blurring once-accepted borders, excavating forgotten stories, foregrounding cultural encounters, and situating a region once designated as anti-modern within the currents of modernity, postmodernity, and globalization. Multicultural observances of Jamestown’s 400th anniversary and the bicentennial of the closing of the slave trade indicate just two new directions explored by the New Southern Studies, and in recognition of these two overlapping commemorations and of the field’s new avenues, the program committee for the 2008 biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Southern Literature has chosen as its conference theme “Southern Roots and Routes: Origins, Migrations, Transformations,” to be held April 18-20, 2008, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Please send two-page session proposals and/or one-page individual paper abstracts as MS Word attachments by December 15, 2007, to Susan Donaldson's email address at the College of William and Mary (svdona@wm.edu). Names, institutions, and email addresses should be included at the beginning of all submissions.

Call for proposals:
10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women
New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds 2008 (MMWW08)
Deadline:  February 28, 2008
University Complutense of Madrid (UCM-Main Campus at Moncloa), Spain
Conference:  July 3-9, 2008
Women´s Worlds is the most important congress on academic research on gender and women and feminist social movements. It is a major international event with a main goal: to continue the fight against social injustice and gender inequalities. Feminist researchers, specialists, activists and internationally known public figures will use this opportunity to reflect on important contemporary issues that affect women in specific ways. The University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) was elected in Seoul (WW05) to be the home for the 2008 congress edition. Thus, Madrid, the UCM, will welcome thousands of people from around the Globe and from more than a hundred countries for the 10th edition of the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women.

For more information, contact:
Contact:  Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds, Av. Juan de Herrera s/n, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040-Madrid, Spain, Tel: +34 91 3941027/ +34 91 1171
Fax: +34 91 3941171, Email: mainoffice@mmww08.org, Website: http://www.mmww08.org

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

NWSA Conference 2007
"Past Debates, Present Possibilities, Future Feminisms: A Women’s And Gender Studies Conference" Celebrating 30 Years of NWSA
June 28-July 1, 2007 St. Charles, IL
Featuring Sandra Cisneros
The National Women's Studies Association 28th annual conference will open with three pre-conferences for Program administration and Development, Women’s Centers, Students.
These daylong events (students 1/2 day) offer networking and professional development opportunities for women’s and gender studies and women’s center administrators on Thursday, June 28. Registration available on-site only. http://www.nwsa.org/

Expanding a Legacy of Leadership
2007 AAUW National Convention
Friday, June 29-Monday, July 2, Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.aauw.org/convention/Conv2007/index.cfm

4th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:  Locating Learning: Integrative Dimensions of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. University of New South Wales in Sydney from July 2 - 5, 2007. http://www.issotl.org/conferences.html

Second International Doris Lessing Conference
July 6-8, 2007
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Contact name: Susan Watkins s.watkins@leedsmet.ac.uk

2007 Midwest School for Women Workers
July 29-August 2, 2007
Iowa City, Iowa. 
The School is sponsored by the United Association for Labor Education (UALE) and the University of Iowa Labor Center.  For more information click on the following link:
http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/html/documents/Brochure.pdf

2007 MERLOT International Conference (MIC07)
Jazzing IT Up with MERLOT
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
August 7-10, 2007
The seventh MERLOT International Conference (MIC07), to be held in New Orleans, is devoted to faculty development in the design, creation, utilization and evaluation of online teaching and learning materials. MIC07’s theme, Jazzing IT Up with MERLOT, focuses on the importance of MERLOT’s fourteen core teaching disciplines. Conference attendees will represent a variety of disciplines and range from novice to expert in the development and use of online resources. And we’ll be working and playing in a unique city that offers a heritage rich in history, music, the arts and culinary adventures. MIC07 will begin with a full day of pre-conference workshops and seminars. In the following two and a half days, the conference will feature seven tracks, reflecting the diversity and interests of participants. This year our Communities of Practice Track will highlight the Humanities, encompassing history, music and world languages. Our goal is to foster lively dialogue and productive collaborations among educators who see instructional technology as a means of building bridges and making connections in a flat world.
http://conference.merlot.org/2007/

NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin’s 4th Annual It’s Your Choice! Tasting, Location TBD
August 15, 2007
Support proactive pro-choice legislation while sampling gourmet cheese, microbrewed beer, and delicious wine, all made right here in Wisconsin. Cost: $50 suggested donation; $15 student and low income.  RSVP at 608-287-0016 or www.ProChoiceWisconsin.org

WisCAP’s Women & Poverty Conference, Madison
September 2-6, 2007.  Marriott Madison West Hotel. Share ideas, develop new strategies for greater integration of services and better understanding of how low-income women and helping organizations can work together toward self-sufficiency. Registration materials available in July. For more info: WI Community Action Program Assoc.

National Museum of Women in the Arts 20th Anniversary
FESTIVAL OF FILM & MEDIA ARTS
September 25-30, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
For the past 20 years, the National Museum of Women in the Arts has been dedicated to celebrating the highest creative achievements of women. In commemoration of this history and to highlight exceptional and exciting new film and media works by women, we are thrilled to launch our first film festival! Over the course of five days, the NMWA 20th Anniversary Festival of Film and Media Arts will highlight the talents of outstanding contemporary filmmakers who are creating works that are both artistically innovative and socially relevant. The programs will focus on new works by prominent, established filmmakers, as well as cutting-edge works by unknown, emerging filmmakers and media artists who are exploiting the medium in provocative ways. The NMWA 20th Anniversary Festival of Film and Media Arts will encompass film, video, media performance, and installations of all lengths and genres from around the world. In addition the festival will feature a sidebar of youth programs, as well as a program of local directors, along with other niche programs. We will bring together hundreds of filmmakers, programmers, curators, distributors, artists, scholars, activists, and film enthusiasts in a visual celebration of women’s stories that includes screenings, discussions, panels, installations, and receptions. For more info, see: http://nmwa.org/news/news.asp?newsid=255

Contesting Europe: Feminist Critiques and Globalization
Women inGerman (WiG) Annual Conference
Oct 18-21, 2007
Snowbird, Utah
http://www.womeningerman.org/

10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women
New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds 2008 (MMWW08)
'Equality: No Utopia'
University Complutense of Madrid (UCM-Main Campus at Moncloa), Spain
July 3-9, 2008
Women´s Worlds is the most important congress on academic research on gender and women and feminist social movements. It is a major international event with a main goal: to continue the fight against social injustice and gender inequalities. Feminist researchers, specialists, activists and internationally known public figures will use this opportunity to reflect on important contemporary issues that affect women in specific ways. The University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) was elected in Seoul (WW05) to be the home for the 2008 congress edition. Thus, Madrid, the UCM, will welcome thousands of people from around the Globe and from more than a hundred countries for the 10th edition of the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women.
For more information, contact:
Contact:  Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds, Av. Juan de Herrera s/n, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040-Madrid, Spain, Tel: +34 91 3941027/ +34 91 1171
Fax: +34 91 3941171, Email: mainoffice@mmww08.org, Website: http://www.mmww08.org

Gender Spies/Gender Traitors in Modern Drama Session
SAMLA 2007 Atlanta, GA
November 9-11
call for papers: http://news.georgiasouthern.edu/PDFs/This_week/Spr07_Issues/apr2.pdf
convention website: http://www.samla.org/convention/convention.htm

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OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES

An archive of the June WisLine Web conference, How UWEX does SoTL, plus supporting documents (PowerPoint presentation, project summaries, etc.) and information about applying for a $1,500 Lesson Study stipend are now available on the UW-Extension Teaching with Technology website: http://www.uwex.edu/twt/.

John H. Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library
Middleburg, Virginia
http://www.nsl.org/fellowship.html
Deadline: September 30, 2007

The National Sporting Library, a research institution specializing in horse and field sports, invites applications for research fellowships from university faculty in the humanities and social sciences, museum professionals, journalists, and independent scholars.  Located 42 miles west of Washington, D.C., the Library holds an extensive collection of over 16,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, and sporting art.  The collection covers many aspects of equestrian and outdoor sports, including foxhunting, horse racing, polo, dressage, eventing, coaching, shooting, and angling.  Collections of interest to women’s studies researchers include the archives of Edith Somerville & Martin Ross, authors of the popular series of novels on foxhunting including “The Irish R.M.”  The Library also owns an 1883 edition of a 16th century treatise on angling, “The Treatyse of Fysshynge,” by Dame Juliana Berners. The F. Ambrose Rare Book Room contains over 4,000 rare volumes from the sixteenth through twentieth century in several languages.

The fellowship covers approved projects of up to twelve months in duration, and applicants must demonstrate their need to use specific works in the collections.  A monthly stipend, workspace, and complimentary housing (for those outside of the immediate area) are provided.  For more information, visit our website or contact Elizabeth Tobey, Fellowship Coordinator, 540-687-6542 x 25 or fellowship@nsl.org.

2008 Contemplative Practice Fellowship Competition
Now Accepting Applications
Deadline: November 15, 2007
Learn more | Download the application packet | View past recipients
Regular full-time faculty members at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada are eligible to apply for the 2008 Contemplative Practice Fellowships. These fellowships are intended to support scholars for the development of courses that employ contemplative practices to address issues of social conflict and injustice, the amelioration of suffering, and the promotion of peace. Individual scholars, partnerships, or groups of scholars may apply. Approximately ten fellowships will be awarded.
We invite proposals from the full range of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Methodologies that include practical and experiential approaches to the subject matter are especially welcome.
If you have questions, please contact Sunanda Markus, Academic Program Coordinator, at fellowships@contemplativemind.org.

Women Leadership and Community January Institute
New Delhi, India
January 5-12, 2008

The Institute for Teaching and Research on Women (ITROW), in collaboration with The Hunger Project - India, and the Women's Studies & Development Centre, University of Delhi, is conducting a January Institute titled, Women, Leadership, and Community in New Delhi, India, January 5-12, 2008.  India has an international reputation for localized democracy, as manifested in the breadth and success of its grassroots organizations and the activities of its non-governmental organizations, making this venue an ideal location for addressing issues of women's leadership and activism.  Notable Indian women will be scheduled to present keynote addresses including:  Dr. Madhu Kishwar, editor of the journal, Manushi, Dr. Ratna Kapur from the Center for Feminist Legal Research, Dr. Paula Banerjee of the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Dr. Aruna Chakravarti, author of The Inheritors, Dr. Aparna Basu author of From Independence Towards Freedom, Indian Women since 1947, Ms. Aloka Mitra from Women's Interlink Foundation, Dr. Malashri Lal, Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi, and Former Director of the Women's Studies & Development Centre (WSDC), and Dr. Manjeet Bhatia, also from the WSDC.  

The Institute will be held at the India Habitat Centre (http://www.habitatworld.com).  Spread over nine acres amidst beautifully landscaped environs at the Capital's finest location, India Habitat Centre was designed and conceived as an ideal physical environment in complete harmony with the habitat.

The Institute fee is $475.00 and includes lunches and tea/coffee service twice a day (morning and afternoon) on each of the 5 days the conference is held at the Habitat.  It also includes a day tour of Delhi, a day trip to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal, and site visits to women's organizations.

More information on the schedule, accommodations, call for papers, etc. can be found at www.towson.edu/itrow

Contact information:  410-704-5456   rjulian@towson.edu or itrow@towson.edu

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS

Announcing 2008 NWSA Women of Color Caucus/Lambda Letters Foundation
Scholarly Essay Competition
Competition is open to faculty and graduate level students in political science, legal studies, critical race studies, ethnic and/or gender studies, public policy, as well as to law students and professionals in related fields. Essay topic is use of summary judgment motions to prevent academic discrimination cases from going to trial in the U.S., in general, and California, in particular. Essayists should demonstrate knowledge of critical race theory and legal/judicial history & developments regarding academic discrimination claims. Focus should be on prevalence of summary judgment motions in academic discrimination cases, impact on women of color plaintiffs, and legal/constitutional challenges to this practice.
We expect to grant at least one $1,000 award. However, no award will be given if there are no suitable submissions. Award recipient is expected to present winning essay at June 2008 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference and will be given one night's hotel accommodation and assistance with NWSA conference registration fees.
GENERAL MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
Manuscripts must:
• be original and unpublished
• not exceed 25 pages, excluding bibliography
• be submitted on white, letter quality paper, with clearly legible text (onion skin paper, etc. will not be reviewed).
• be in 12 point font, double-spaced, with 1” margins on all sides and with page numbers centered at the bottom of each page
• include in the upper right corner of the title page only- the writer’s name, temporary and permanent addresses, phone number and email address, college or university affiliation, and academic status (faculty, graduate, academic professional).
Essayists must submit four (4) copies of essay award entries to Dr. Pat Washington, 4537 Alamo Drive, San Diego, CA 92115. Essays will undergo a blind review process. If funds permit, Women of Color Caucus/Lambda Letters Foundation reserves the right to make additional awards.

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SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

The Wisconsin Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA Community-Based-Learning Project is funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and allows 35 AmeriCorps*VISTA members to serve as community-based-learning coordinators throughout Wisconsin. The project goal is to increase the capacity of local community organizations to provide services that will assist members of low-income groups to escape from poverty.
For more information contact:
Francesca Smith
AmeriCorps*VISTA Program Director
(262) 595-2760
smithf@uwp.edu

M3C Fellows AmeriCorps Education Award Program
A nine-state AmeriCorps program designed to improve college student retention by involving them in meaningful community work in cohorts of at least seven.
For more information contact:
Kim White
M3C Fellows Program Director
(262) 595-2514
kim.white@uwp.edu
 
Student Civic Leadership Institute (SCLI)
SCLI is made possible through a Learn and Serve America grant awarded to Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Campus Compacts. The Fellows program and the SCLI support and promote students as powerful citizen leaders. Fellows network with their peers, apply and further develop their skills, organize civic dialogues to address critical public issues, and work on local and campus initiatives.  The SCLI is an intensive retreat that provides students with time and tools to do critical inner reflection on their ideas of leadership, citizenship, and coalition building. Students from colleges and universities throughout the Upper Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) identify their own growing edges, learn strategies for institutional change and community organizing, and teach each other through intensive dialogue around issues they have identified. Students leave with an understanding of resources available to support local civic initiatives, with contact information of student leaders across the region, and with other print and web resources to aid their work in creating campus and community change.
For more information contact:
Dr. Pamela Proulx-Curry
Wisconsin Campus Compact Executive Director
(262) 595-2048
pamela.proulx-curry@uwp.edu

The International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education
July 5-7, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium
Attend the First International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education. This conference will bring together service-learning educators from around the world to share ideas on research, policy, and practice. We urge professors and teachers to visit the conference Web site and consider coming to Brussels to share knowledge, insights, wit, and wisdom with like minded colleagues. The Web site below provides conference details and the call for Proposal Form. 
International Conference on Service-Learning [http://www.clemson.edu/ICSLTE/conference/]

2007 Professional Development Institute for Community Service and Service-Learning Professionals
July 23–27, 2007.  University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. 
Deadline for registration is July 1.
Designed specifically for professionals in their first five years in the field, this retreat offers four and a half days of must-have knowledge, from some of the most respected practitioners in the field. This unique gathering offers participants the chance to learn and understand key information and principles in service, service-learning, and higher education; and allows them to discuss with experienced practitioners the critical questions and skills needed to be successful.
http://www.compact.org/initiatives/csd_institute/2007/

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MISCELLANEOUS

Wisconsin Women and Economic Opportunity report was released recently by the Women's Council and the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS).  It was developed following a report released earlier this year by the Institute for Women's Policy Research on the "Best and Worst State Economies for Women".  IWPR urged their research partners in states to develop state specific reports and use them to update information on the economic status of women locally and to spread the word about the national findings of the IWPR report.
WWC/COWS report: http://womenscouncil.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=10734&locid=2   
IWPR Report: http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/R334_BWStateEconomies2006.pdf

Your Campus is Invited to Participate in the LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index
AND IT IS FREE
The LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index is a vital tool for assisting campuses in learning ways to improve their LGBT campus life and ultimately shape the educational experience to be more inclusive, welcoming and respectful of LGBT and Ally people. The index is owned and operated by Campus Pride <http://www.campuspride.org/>,  the only national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create safer, more LGBT-Friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. Any campus official representing a college/university may take the online assessment. The individual should be responsible for LGBT issues and/or able to represent the campus in a professional capacity.  To learn more go here:  http://www.campusclimateindex.org/getstarted/

Tutorials for Change: Gender Schemas and Science Careers
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gendertutorial/tutorials.htm
Coordinated by Dr. Virginia Valian is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), and co-director of the Hunter College Gender Equity Project and funded by NSF.   Faculty and students interested in using the materials as supplements in their courses can join an "Affiliations" component.

Gender Tutorial 1: Data on sex disparities in rank and salary http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gendertutorial/tutorials.htm#tut1
Gender Tutorial 1 presents data on sex disparities in rank and salary in four professions – sciences, humanities, medicine, and law. The data show that there are only small rank or salary differences between men and women early in their careers in all the disciplines. Gaps emerge, however, as careers progress. Tutorial 1 reviews empirical data in a range of disciplines, demonstrating that sex disparities in advancement and salary exist even when credentials are equivalent for men and women. The tutorial concludes that gender inequities remain despite the improvements in recent years. The notions of "gender schemas" and "accumulation of advantage" are presented as key concepts to understanding the cause of the persisting sex disparities.

Gender Tutorial 2: Gender schemas and evaluations of others http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gendertutorial/tutorials.htm#tut2
Gender Tutorial 2 concentrates on the reasons for the sex disparities presented in Tutorial 1, using two key concepts: gender schemas and the accumulation of advantage. Gender schemas are conceptual generalizations about men and women that lead to an unintentional underestimation of women’s professional abilities and to a similar overestimation of men's. The tutorial presents evidence that gender schemas influence both men and women to the same degree when they evaluate others. The many small examples of undervaluation of women accumulate over time to produce sex disparities in achievement and recognition.

Gender Tutorial 3: Gender schemas and our evaluations of ourselves http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gendertutorial/tutorials.htm#tut3
Gender Tutorial 3 demonstrates that gender schemas affect not only our evaluations of others but our evaluations of ourselves. Others' expectations of us – formed in part by gender schemas – affect our own expectations of ourselves and our behavior. One consequence is that males act more entitled than females. Empirical data demonstrate the effects of gender schemas on the self.

Gender Tutorial 4: Remedies: What you can do http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gendertutorial/tutorials.htm#tut4
Gender Tutorial 4 offers remedies for the sex disparities discussed in the previous tutorials. The tutorial proposes that the information on how gender schemas and the accumulation of advantage work can be used to predict where problems will occur and to plan preventive actions. In a college setting, for example, gender can influence the evaluation of instructors, the quality of letters of recommendation, the likelihood of invitations to present colloquia and talks, and so on. The tutorial offers suggestions for solving those problems.

The Feminist Majority Foundation has a listing of Global Women's Studies Programs:  http://www.feminist.org/Global/globalwst.asp

The Grant Institute:
Certificate in Professional Program Development and Grant Communication will be held at Northwestern University,
 July 9 - 13, 2007. 
Interested development professionals, researchers, faculty, and graduate students should register as soon as possible, as demand means that seats will fill up quickly.  All participants will receive certification in professional grant writing from the Institute, as well as 3.5 CEU units. For more information call (888) 824 - 4424 or visit The Grant Institute at http://www.thegrantinstitute.com

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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

Submissions for the next WSC e-bulletin should be submitted by August 15th.
To submit announcements for the bulletin, or to get on or be removed from the list, please contact the Women's Studies Consortium Office, 1666 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706. Phone: 608-262-3056 Fax: 608-263-2046, Email: WSCOffice@uwsa.edu.